5.On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island,F(xiàn)lorida,Melissa Hawkinson,41,was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead.What was that?She thought.As she drove up to the scene,she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore."It was going down pretty quickly,"Hawkinson recalls.She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water.Water is going to be cold,she thought.
She took off her vest and leather boots,got into the icy water,and swam to the car,where she found Cameron Dorsey,five,trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door,but it was locked.So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door.She pulled the boy free,swam to shore,and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock.The driver,the boy's suicidal father,swam back to land on his own.Afterward,Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket."For ten or 15 minutes,I couldn't stop shaking,"she said.
There's nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson,an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile.Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day.Why do some people act quickly,willing to take a risk for a stranger?What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it?Hawkinson,the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手,高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona---every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another:what makes them brave?
Moreover,can bravery be learned,or is it a quality with which you are born?The answer is complex.Bravery taps the mind,brain and heart.It comes from instinct,training and sympathy.Today,neurologists,psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery,trying to uncover the mystery.
21.It can be learned from the passage thatB.
A.Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurse
B.Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous.
C.Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old son
D.it was spring when the accident happened
22.What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?D
A.No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson.
B.The father committed suicide because of the divorce.
C.The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson.
D.Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy..
23.How does the writer find other people on the dockside?C
A.Warm and ready to help
B.Thoughtful
C.Kind of cold-blooded
D.Not skillful at swimming
24.What is the writer's purpose of writing this passage?A
A.To set us thinking what makes people brave.
B.To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson.
C.To remind people of risk while saving others.
D.To show people bravery can be learned.
分析 文章通過(guò)講述Melissa Hawkinson 冒生命危險(xiǎn)在冰冷的水中救出被困在汽車?yán)锩娴暮⒆樱芏嗳酥皇窃谝慌杂^看,由此作者引發(fā)感想,是什么讓一些人這么勇敢?
解答 21.B 推理判斷題.從文章的內(nèi)容:可知Melissa Hawkinson 冒生命危險(xiǎn)在冰冷的水中救出被困在汽車?yán)锩娴暮⒆,說(shuō)明她是很善良也很有勇氣,選B.
22.D 推理判斷題.從第三段的句子:She pulled the boy free,swam to shore,and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock.可知不是每個(gè)人都準(zhǔn)備救這個(gè)五歲的孩子的,選D.
23.C 推理判斷題.從文章第四段的句子:Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day.Melissa Hawkinson的勇敢和岸邊的人形成對(duì)比,可知作者認(rèn)為在岸邊圍觀的人有點(diǎn)冷血,選C.
24.A 寫作意圖題:從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子:what makes them brave?和最后一段的內(nèi)容:可知作者的目的是讓我們思考是什么讓人們勇敢.選A.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 故事類文章在閱讀過(guò)程中,我們一直在某個(gè)線索的引導(dǎo)下,隨著作者的思路去了解一個(gè)故事或一件事情的始末,因此會(huì)感到比較輕松.命題往往從故事的情節(jié)、人物或事件之間的關(guān)系、作者的意圖和態(tài)度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查學(xué)生對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)的辨認(rèn)能力以及推理判斷能力. 閱讀故事類文章時(shí),應(yīng)注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情節(jié),立足文章的內(nèi)容揣摩作者的態(tài)度和意圖,根據(jù)文章的情節(jié)展開合理的想象,從而達(dá)到解題的目的.